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Coll 6/79 'Oil: Oil concessions in South East Arabia (Rub'al Khali).' [22r] (43/80)
The record is made up of 1 file (38 folios). It was created in 20 Oct 1936-19 Mar 1937. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Qatar, Atm Dhabi, Muscat and the Aden Protectorate
(wherever those frontiers may ultimately be fixed) have
already been allotted to the Standard Oil Comoany of
California, I presume that there is no further question of
your Company trying to obtain a concession from King Ibn
Saud in respect of this area. It now seems in fact that
the only means st .11 open to your company to obtain control
over part at least of any oil deposit which may exist in
the neighbourhood of the Rub'al Khali will be by means
of such concessions as they may be able to obtain from
the rulers of the neighbouring non-Saudi territories.
Yours sincerely,
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This file relates to oil concessions in south-eastern Saudi Arabia. Much of the correspondence discusses British concerns regarding the possibility of oil being discovered in the Ruba' al Khali [Rubʻ al Khālī], and the bearing that such a discovery might have on the question of the eastern and south-eastern frontiers of Saudi Arabia. Also discussed are the prospect of Petroleum Concessions Limited securing an oil concession for territory in the Ruba' al Khali, and the extent of the territory covered in the concession secured by the Standard Oil Company of California in 1933.
The file features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Reader William Bullard); Major Stephen Hemsley Longrigg of Petroleum Concessions Limited; officials of the Foreign Office, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. and the Admiralty.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (38 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 40; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2152
- Title
- Coll 6/79 'Oil: Oil concessions in South East Arabia (Rub'al Khali).'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:28v, 31r:36v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence